Setsubun & Yuki Matsuri

This year Misato and I celebrated Chinese new year Japanese stlye by throwing beans out of the house and saying Onie wa soto and then into the house saying fuku wa uchi. Basically means devil get out and goodness come in. We also ate the "required" sushi while facing the proper direction. Then for valentines weekend we flew up to Sapporo for the snow festival. Took a 747 on a 1.5 hr flight, cattle car for the event. Beautiful sculptures and huge stages/sculptures made mostly of snow. Also saw a ski jump competition and this crazy guy singing with barely a pair of tights on.

February